Lamp-shade



(No Model.)

A. C. BLAYNEY.

LAMP SHADE.

No. 257,434. A Patented May 2,1882

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTIIUR o. RLAYNEY, or RIvERsIDE, ILLINOIS.

LAMP-SHADE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,434, dated May 2,1882. Application iled December 19, 188i. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. BLAYNEY, ofRiverside, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Lamp-Shades; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to lamp-shades which have supports independent ofthe lamp; and it consists in the combination, with a base having atubular upright rigidly xed thereto, of a shade-supporting rod providedwith a fixed er0ss-bar and having a shade suspended therefrom, saidshaft being iitted to the tube and adjustably held by a set-screw, so asto sustain the shade at any desired elevation, as hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

Thedrawingshows Inyirnproved lamp-shade partly in section.

A is the base, of suitable breadth or weight to properly support theshade.

Bis a tube set rigidly in the base A, and open at its top.

C is a rod of any desired height, itted to slide freely in the tube B,and provided with the cross-bar D, fixed thereto in the position shown.i

E is the shade proper, suspended by the cords c e from the top of therod (l, and arranged to hang against the cross-bar, to which it may, ifdesired, be additionally held by loops cl d, passed over the ends ofsaid cross-bar. The cross-bar D serves to prevent the shade E fromrotating about the vertical rod from which it is suspended when set inposition for use.

F is a set screw arranged in the top of the tube B, to bear in the usualmanner against the rod G, whereby the shade E hung` from said rod may besupported at any desired height to properly shield the eyes from thelamp-rays. Said shade, being attached by its upper end only, may dependto the base, it desired. The Whole constitutes a neatY table ornamentadapted to be used with lamps of different heights, the stand beingusually plated and the shade of such contguration and having suchdecoration as taste may suggest.

I claim as my invention- In the independent lamp-shade described, thecombination, with the base having the tubular upright B, provided withthe set-screw F, of the supportingrod G, fitted tothe tube, thecross-bar l), secured to the rod, and the shade E, attached at its upperend to the rod C, and adapted to depend below the top of the tube B,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

ARTHUR o. RLAYNEY.

Witnesses:

M. E. DAYTON, W. C. ADAMS.

